Thursday, 28 May 2015

The next event in the Summer Series will be held on a new sprint map of Cottam, in Preston. The area is an interesting mix of fairly recent housing development and public open spaces, with enough route choices to challenge anyone moving quickly! The venue is the Ancient Oak pub which has ample car parking and serves food right up to 10pm. Starts and finishes will be close by. More details on the fixture list.

Sunday, 24 May 2015

Several SROC members made the annual pilgrimage to the Scottish Orienteering Championships held yesterday. Miriam Rosen (W65) and Quentin Harding (M50) both won their respective classes. Full results here.

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Scores for the first event in the series are available here. The next event in the series is on Monday 1st June, based in the Ancient Oak pub in Cottam. A new map of a new area, with an excellent venue. Food available. More details on the fixture list.

Tuesday, 19 May 2015

A wild and blustery evening but with sunshine, a great venue in the cricket club, and a very enjoyable set of courses were experienced by sprinters today. Results and RouteGadget may be accessed via these links: PrologueFinalOverallRouteGadget.

Friday, 15 May 2015

It's that time of year again and the ever popular Summer Sprint Series will have five events this year, followed by a prize giving at the Club Picnic on 11th July. The format is similar to previous years, with a short "Prologue" race with start times between 6.30 and 7. This will be quickly followed by the "Final", a full sprint length race with start order determined by your prologue time, fastest goes off last. Where possible a pub or similar will form the HQ for the evening. The first event is next Tuesday, 19th May. Stanley Park, Blackpool, updated map. Venue: Blackpool Cricket Club.

Sunday, 10 May 2015

Last weekend British long distance champions Quentin Harding (M50) and Helen Ockenden (W18) did the double. Quentin won on Saturday at the British Sprint champs at Aldershot, and Helen won on Sunday at the British Middle Champs near High Wycombe.